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Marseille v Lens : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 24th Jan, 20:05 BST, Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Saturday night at the Stade Vélodrome, and it’s a Ligue 1 clash between Marseille and Lens. Roberto De Zerbi and Pierre Sage going all-out to claim the win. We've got bespoke stats for all of the main betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Marseille may feel positive ahead of this game and, funnily enough, so might Lens. The bookmakers don't think there's much between them and neither do we – there's no clear victor in this fixture. So we look to the both teams to score market, where the signs are pointing in one direction. The form statistics, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookies odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and we think that's the tip to go with here.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Marseille are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.91.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Marseille 48%	10/11	-
Draw 23%	27/10	-
Lens 29%	27/10	-
Draw 1-1 10%	6/1	-
Marseille 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Marseille 1-0 8%	8/1	-
Lens 2-1 7%	11/1	-
Marseille 2-0 7%	10/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Lens 1-0 6%	12/1	-
Marseille 3-1 6%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1	-
Marseille 3-0 4%	16/1	-
Lens 2-0 4%	20/1	-
Marseille 3-2 4%	20/1	-
Lens 3-1 3%	25/1	-
Lens 3-2 3%	28/1	-
Marseille 4-1 3%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	4/6	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	6/5	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/6	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	5/4	-
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	8/13	-
BTTS - No 38%	6/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 27%	13/5	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	5/1	-
Home/draw 71%	2/7	-
Away/draw 52%	5/6	-
Home/away 77%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	2/9	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	10/3	-
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	7/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	4/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	4/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/6	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	9/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/16	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1	-
Home DNB 64%	4/9	-
Away DNB 45%	13/8	-
Marseille win to nil 22%	11/4	-
Lens win to nil 12%	6/1	-
Marseille / Marseille 27%	21/10	-
Marseille / Lens 3%	28/1	-
Marseille / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Marseille 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Lens 11%	7/1	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
Lens / Marseille 4%	20/1	-
Lens / Lens 14%	5/1	-
Lens / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Marseille have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn zero and won 1. Marseille have conceded 2 goals, scored 2, scored in every game and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Marseille have played 9 games at home, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Lens lay in 1st place on 40 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 13, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 31 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lens have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Lens have played 9 away games, winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Marseille Lens
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lens	17	13	1	3	18	40	Jan 24	l 2-1F	-	-
2	PSG	17	12	3	2	22	39	w 1-0F	Feb 8	Apr 12	l 2-0A
3	Marseille	17	10	2	5	19	32	-	-	w 2-1A	Jan 24
4	Lille	17	10	2	5	11	32	Mar 22	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	Apr 5
5	Lyon	17	9	3	5	8	30	Mar 1	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	May 16
6	Rennes	17	8	6	3	5	30	May 16	l 1-0A	Feb 8	d 0-00-0
7	Strasbourg	17	7	3	7	5	24	Feb 15	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	Mar 1
8	Toulouse	17	6	5	6	2	23	d 2-2A	Mar 8	Apr 19	w 0-3F
9	Monaco	17	7	2	8	-3	23	w 1-0F	Apr 5	Feb 22	w 1-4F
10	Angers	17	6	4	7	-2	22	d 2-2A	Jan 17	Mar 22	w 1-2F
11	Brest	17	6	4	7	-4	22	w 3-0F	Feb 22	w 3-1A	Apr 26
12	Lorient	17	4	7	6	-9	19	w 4-0F	Apr 19	w 3-0F	Mar 15
13	Le Havre	17	4	6	7	-8	18	w 6-2A	May 9	Jan 30	w 1-2F
14	Nice	17	5	3	9	-10	18	Apr 26	w 1-5F	w 2-0F	May 3
15	Paris FC	17	4	4	9	-9	16	w 5-2F	Jan 31	w 2-1F	Feb 15
16	Nantes	17	3	5	9	-12	14	l 0-2A	May 3	May 9	w 1-2F
17	Auxerre	17	3	3	11	-13	12	Mar 15	w 0-1F	Jan 17	w 1-2F
18	Metz	17	3	3	11	-20	12	Apr 12	w 0-3F	Mar 8	l 2-0A

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Win / draw / win form

Lens have won 4 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Marseille	0 - 2	Nantes
Marseille	1 - 0	Monaco
Marseille	2 - 2	Toulouse
Marseille	3 - 0	Brest
Marseille	2 - 2	Angers
Marseille	6 - 2	Le Havre
Marseille	1 - 0	PSG
Marseille	4 - 0	Lorient
Marseille	5 - 2	Paris FC
Marseille	4 - 2	Rennes
Marseille	4 - 1	Brest
Marseille	5 - 1	Montpellier
Marseille	3 - 2	Toulouse
Marseille	0 - 1	Lens
Marseille	2 - 0	Nantes
Marseille	5 - 1	St Etienne
Marseille	3 - 2	Lyon
Marseille	1 - 1	Strasbourg
Marseille	5 - 1	Le Havre
Marseille	1 - 1	Lille

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Marseille	0 - 2	Nantes
H	Marseille	1 - 0	Monaco
A	Marseille	0 - 1	Lille
H	Marseille	2 - 2	Toulouse
A	Marseille	5 - 1	Nice
H	Marseille	3 - 0	Brest
A	Marseille	1 - 0	Auxerre
H	Marseille	2 - 2	Angers
A	Marseille	1 - 2	Lens
H	Marseille	6 - 2	Le Havre
A	Marseille	3 - 0	Metz
A	Marseille	2 - 1	Strasbourg
H	Marseille	1 - 0	PSG
H	Marseille	4 - 0	Lorient
A	Marseille	0 - 1	Lyon
H	Marseille	5 - 2	Paris FC
A	Marseille	0 - 1	Rennes
H	Marseille	4 - 2	Rennes
A	Marseille	3 - 1	Le Havre
A	Marseille	1 - 1	Lille

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Toulouse	0 - 3	Lens
Nantes	1 - 2	Lens
Angers	1 - 2	Lens
Monaco	1 - 4	Lens
Metz	2 - 0	Lens
Auxerre	1 - 2	Lens
Rennes	0 - 0	Lens
PSG	2 - 0	Lens
Le Havre	1 - 2	Lens
Toulouse	1 - 1	Lens
Lyon	1 - 2	Lens
Brest	1 - 3	Lens
Lille	1 - 0	Lens
Marseille	0 - 1	Lens
Nantes	3 - 1	Lens
Nice	2 - 0	Lens
Montpellier	0 - 2	Lens
Le Havre	1 - 2	Lens
Auxerre	2 - 2	Lens
Reims	0 - 2	Lens

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Lens	3 - 0	Toulouse
H	Lens	2 - 0	Nice
A	Lens	2 - 1	Nantes
A	Lens	2 - 1	Angers
H	Lens	1 - 0	Strasbourg
A	Lens	4 - 1	Monaco
H	Lens	3 - 0	Lorient
A	Lens	0 - 2	Metz
H	Lens	2 - 1	Marseille
H	Lens	2 - 1	Paris FC
A	Lens	2 - 1	Auxerre
A	Lens	0 - 0	Rennes
H	Lens	3 - 0	Lille
A	Lens	0 - 2	PSG
H	Lens	3 - 1	Brest
A	Lens	2 - 1	Le Havre
H	Lens	0 - 1	Lyon
H	Lens	4 - 0	Monaco
A	Lens	1 - 1	Toulouse
A	Lens	2 - 1	Lyon

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Marseille

Lens

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 6

6 / 6

Clean sheets

0 / 6

3 / 6

MAR

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Marseille
	0 - 1	Lens
Marseille	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Lens
	2 - 3	Lens
	0 - 1	Lens
Marseille	2 - 1

Lens

Marseille

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

6 / 7

Clean sheets

1 / 7

2 / 7

MAR

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens	2 - 1
	1 - 3	Marseille
Lens	1 - 0
Lens	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Marseille
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 4	Marseille

Goal Statistics

	Marseille 3rd	Lens 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 16% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 84% probability that Marseille will score 1 or more goals	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 74% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+35 Marseille have scored 35% more goals at home than predicted	+9 Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.9 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season

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MAR

LEN

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Games scored	13		13
Failed to score	4		4
Scored first	9		11
Goals scored	36		31
Avg. goals scored	2.1		1.8
Avg. shots per game	11		11
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	20		17
Avg. XG for	1.8		2
KickOff rating		+4%

MAR

LEN

17%

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Games conceded	11		11
Clean sheets	6		6
Conceded first	8		5
Goals conceded	17		13
Avg. goals conceded	1		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		11
Conversion rate against	14%		9%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.5
KickOff rating		+17%

Marseille v Lens Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Marseille Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	11	5	4
M Greenwood	M Greenwood	P Aubameyang	M Murillo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Greenwood FWD	16	11	3	1 -
P Höjbjerg MID	15	2	1	2 -
P Aubameyang FWD	15	5	5	-
G Rulli GLK	14			1 -
B Pavard DEF	14	1	2	3 -
Emerson DEF	14		1	1 -
M Murillo DEF	14	2		4 -
R. Vaz FWD	14	4	2	2 -
T Weah FWD	14	1	1	1 -
I Paixão FWD	14	3	1	1 -
M O'Riley MID	13	1	2	2 -
A Gomes MID	13	3		4 -
B Nadir MID	13		4	2 1
L Balerdi DEF	12		1	3 -
N Aguerd DEF	11	1		2 -
A Vermeeren MID	10		1	1 1
C Egan-Riley DEF	9			1
D. Bakola MID	7			-
A Gouiri FWD	7	1	1	-
G Kondogbia MID	6			2 -
U Garcia DEF	4			1 1
J Lange GLK	3			-
F Medina DEF	3			-
P Lirola DEF	3			-
H Traorè FWD	2			-
N Maupay FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	25	5	8
M Greenwood	M Greenwood	P Aubameyang	M Greenwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Greenwood FWD	11	25	3	8
P Aubameyang FWD	5	14	5	7
R. Vaz FWD	4	6	2	2
I Paixão FWD	3	10	1	1
A Gomes MID	3	5		1
P Höjbjerg MID	2	9	1	2
M Murillo DEF	2	2		2
B Pavard DEF	1	3	2	3
T Weah FWD	1	5	1	1
M O'Riley MID	1	3	2	5
N Aguerd DEF	1	2
A Gouiri FWD	1	5	1	1
Emerson DEF		2	1	2
B Nadir MID		1	4	3
L Balerdi DEF		2	1
A Vermeeren MID			1
C Egan-Riley DEF				1
D. Bakola MID		1
G Kondogbia MID		1
U Garcia DEF		1		1
H Traorè FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1107	25	55
P Höjbjerg	Emerson	L Balerdi

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P Höjbjerg MID	1107	13	53
N Aguerd DEF	980	16	46
B Pavard DEF	747	15	37
Emerson DEF	728	25	47
M Greenwood FWD	724	6	49
L Balerdi DEF	699	22	55
A Gomes MID	572	10	32
A Vermeeren MID	454	17	25
C Egan-Riley DEF	450	6	18
M O'Riley MID	429	13	18
T Weah FWD	428	21	45
G Rulli GLK	424	2	21
M Murillo DEF	410	18	48
I Paixão FWD	342	10	44
G Kondogbia MID	253	6	21
P Aubameyang FWD	229	3	22
B Nadir MID	226	9	16
F Medina DEF	174	5	10
A Gouiri FWD	110	3	11
U Garcia DEF	84	3	7
J Lange GLK	82
R. Vaz FWD	70	5	21
D. Bakola MID	39	2	6
H Traorè FWD	25	1	5
P Lirola DEF	12	1	5
N Maupay FWD	1

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	7	6	5
R Risser	W Saïd	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Risser GLK	17			2 -
M Udol DEF	17		5	1 -
F Thauvin FWD	17	5	2	4 -
W Saïd FWD	17	7	2	-
S Baidoo DEF	16	2	1	2 -
R Aguilar DEF	16		1	3 -
M Sarr DEF	16			2 -
A Thomasson MID	16	2	6	5 -
M Sangaré MID	15	1	1	1 -
M Guilavogui FWD	15	1		2 1
O Edouard FWD	14	7	2	1 -
R. Fofana FWD	14	2		-
F Sotoca FWD	12			1 -
S Abdulhamid DEF	11		1	-
J Gradit DEF	10			2 1
A. Bulatović MID	7		1	1 -
A Sima FWD	7	1		2 -
P Ganiou DEF	6	2		1 1
D Machado DEF	5			1 -
A. Bermont FWD	5			-
F. Sylla MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	17	6	13
W Saïd	W Saïd	A Thomasson	M Udol

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Saïd FWD	7	17	2	9
O Edouard FWD	7	15	2	2
F Thauvin FWD	5	14	2	8
S Baidoo DEF	2	4	1	1
A Thomasson MID	2	8	6	8
R. Fofana FWD	2	8
P Ganiou DEF	2	2
M Sangaré MID	1	6	1	1
M Guilavogui FWD	1	1		2
A Sima FWD	1	3
M Udol DEF		6	5	13
R Aguilar DEF		1	1	4
M Sarr DEF		2
F Sotoca FWD				1
S Abdulhamid DEF			1	1
A. Bulatović MID		1	1	2
D Machado DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
928	49	108
M Sarr	M Sangaré	M Sangaré

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Sarr DEF	928	32	68
S Baidoo DEF	778	26	67
A Thomasson MID	743	45	86
M Sangaré MID	699	49	108
M Udol DEF	676	26	68
R Aguilar DEF	601	28	50
F Thauvin FWD	599	15	65
J Gradit DEF	473	17	43
R Risser GLK	459		7
W Saïd FWD	398	9	38
P Ganiou DEF	338	10	32
M Guilavogui FWD	193	14	43
S Abdulhamid DEF	155	10	17
O Edouard FWD	149	5	39
A. Bulatović MID	108	16	28
D Machado DEF	97	1	13
R. Fofana FWD	92	8	44
F Sotoca FWD	49		7
A Sima FWD	45	4	9
A. Bermont FWD	45	1	4
F. Sylla MID	41	6	8